Videos on Women's and Gender Studies

Chinese foot binding the vanishing lotus 2004

Wing Chuen Fung, Joani Tang, Grant Thatcher, Discover China Production, Zhongguo dian ying he zuo zhi pian gong si, Beijing Taiga Film & TV Co. Ltd, Tsui Siu Ming Productions Ltd, and Filmakers Library, inc

Witnesses the experiences of Chinese women who willingly underwent years of suffering to contort their feet into an erotic symbol of beauty and eligibility, a pair of small feet -- three-inch golden lilies. Some of these women tell of the event that branded their lives, confronting the viewer with a custom that subjugated women to a brutal beauty myth. 1 videodisc (52 min.)

MEDIA 10-1680

 

Coming out under fire c2003

Arthur E Dong, Allan Baerubae, Deep Focus Productions, and Independent Television Service

Gay men and lesbians who were in the United States military service during World War II discuss their experiences with the response of the military establishment towards their sexual orientation. 1 videodisc (71 min.)

MEDIA 10-1320

 

Dirty laundry a history of heroes 1996

Richard Fung, Anthony B Chan, Dora Nipp, Sky Lee, Nayan Shah, Fungus Productions, Banff Centre for the Arts Television/Video Program, Art Institute of Chicago, and Video Data Bank

Dirty Laundry speculates upon the buried narratives of gender and sexuality in Chinese-Canadian history of the 19th century, when Chinese communities were almost exclusively male.  1 videodisc (31 min.)

MEDIA 10-2206

 

The films of Kenneth Anger: Volume two 1964, c2007

Kenneth Anger, Puck Film Productions, and Fantoma Films (Firm)

Scorpio rising (1964, col., 28 min.) ; Kustom kar kommandos (1965, col., 3 min.) ; Invocation of my demon brother (1969, col., 11 min.) ; Rabbit's moon (1979, tinted b&w, 7 min.) / Puck Film Productions -- Lucifer rising (1981, col., 28 min.) / music by Bobby BeauSoleil -- The man we want to hang (2002, col., 14 min.) / music, Anatol Liadov. 1 videodisc (91 min.)

MEDIA 10-1454

 

Generation M misogyny in media & culture c2008

Thomas Keith, Vox Populi Productions, and Media Education Foundation

Thomas Keith, Professor of Philosophy at California State University, Long Beach, looks at misogyny and sexism in mainstream American media, exploring how negative definitions of femininity and attitudes toward women get constructed and perpetuated at the heart of popular culture. The film tracks the dynamics of misogyny across a broad range of media phenomena: including the hyper-sexualization of commercial products aimed at girls, the explosion of violence in video games aimed at boys, the language of hip-hop artists and talk radio shock jocks, and caricatures of femininity and feminism found in the American popular culture mainstream. The case is made that the devaluation of women based on gender can harm boys and men as well as women and girls. (Container). 1 videodisc (60 min.)

MEDIA 10-1425

 

Harem c2002

Greg Stebner, Sylvestra Le Touzel, Dilara Batmazol, Hatice Kaleli, History Channel (Television network), Arts and Entertainment Network, New Video Group, and Paladin InVision

During the reign of the Ottoman Empire, hundreds of women were brought as slaves to the imperial harem at Topkapi Palace in Istanbul. Most would spend their lives as the personal property of the Sultan, but some would learn that sex equals power. A feature-length look at a vanished world that long captivated the West. These are the stories of the women who dared to use their skills of seduction to gain power and prestige and the unexpected inner workings of the Ottoman harem. 1 videodisc (ca. 100 min.)

MEDIA 10-540

 

Holy Water-Gate abuse cover-up in the Catholic Church 2004

Mary Healey-Conlon, Special Broadcasting Service (Australia), CBC Newsworld, Radiotelevisione della Svizzera italiana, and Filmakers Library, inc

Holy Water-Gate explores the lengths to which sexual abuse has been obscured throughout the nation. It presents testimony from an admitted priest perpetrator, church officials and victims, as well as the story of Father John Bambrick who was himself molested by a priest as an adolescent and continues to seek justice for fellow victims. 1 videodisc (56 min.)

MEDIA 10-1880

 

Kinsey 2005

Campbell Scott, Barak Goodman, Twin Cities Public Television (Saint Paul, Minn.), Ark Media (Firm), British Broadcasting Corporation, and Television Service

Through interviews with Alfred Kinsey's research assistants, his children, people who took his sex questionnaire, and historians, this documentary assesses Kinsey's remarkable achievements. 1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.)

MEDIA 10-440

 

Kinsey c2005

Bill Condon, Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Chris O'Donnell, Peter Sarsgaard, Timothy Hutton, Frederick Elmes, Carter Burwell, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Qwerty Films (Firm), Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc

Kinsey is a portrait of a man driven to uncover the most private secrets of the nation, and journey into the mystery of human behavior. His 1948 book Sexual Behavior in the Human Male irrevocably changed American culture and created a media sensation. 1 videodisc (118 min.)

MEDIA 10-730

 

License to thrive Title IX at 35 2008

Theresa Moore, Toni Slotkin, Bobbi Owens, Ron Miles, T-Time Productions, and Women Make Movies (Firm)

"In June of 1972, Congress passed a piece of legislation called Title IX of the Education Amendments, to provide educational access and opportunity for women and young girls throughout the United States. Although most closely associated with sports, no other piece of legislation since the 19th Amendment has been more crucial to opening doors and creating leadership opportunities for women in all arenas, including education, science, math, finance, entertainment, the arts, business, law, and politics"--Http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c750.shtml. 1 videodisc (48 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3709

 

Rex vs. Singh four versions 2009

Ali Kazimi, John Greyson, Richard Fung, Carole Larsen, Jared Raab, Gordon Brent Ingram, Tom Bolton,  Enrico DeFede, Sarabjeet Singh, Nathaniel Bacon, Gurpreet Johol, Barry Birnberg, and V Tape (Firm)

Between 1909 and 1929, an inordinate number of men tried for sodomy in Vancouver were Sikhs. In 1915, two Sikh mill-workers, Dalip Singh and Naina Singh, were entrapped by undercover police in Vancouver and accused of sodomy. This experimental video stages scenes from the trial, told four times: first as a period drama, second as a documentary investigation of the case, third as a musical agit-prop, and fourth, as a deconstruction of the actual court transcript. Rex vs. Singh is a speculative interplay between homophobia and racism in this little known chapter in Canadian history, inspired by the research of Gordon Brent Ingram. 1 videodisc (30 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2290

 

Sexual stereotypes in media superman and the bride 2004

Gavin Richards, Stephanie Turner, Charlie Stafford, Julie Covington, Jayne Meadows, Thames Television, ltd, and Films for the Humanities (Firm)

This program explores the history of sexual stereotypes as presented in the media.  Film clips, television advertisements and sitcoms, and so-called documentaries from the 1940s, 50s, and 60s show men as domineering masters, and women as their doting subordinates.  As a classroom teaching tool, the program encourages discussions regarding the media's continuing role in reinforcing sexual stereotypes, as well as the ongoing sexual biases that nurture them. 1 videodisc (35 min.)

MEDIA 10-256

 

The women's kingdom 2006

Xiaoli Zhou, Brent E Huffman, German Camera Productions, and Women Make Movies (Firm)

"Keepers of the last matriarchal societies in the world, Mosuo women in a remote area of southwest China live beyond the strictures of mainstream Chinese culture -- enjoying great freedoms and carrying heavy responsibilities. Filmmaker Xiaoli Zhou takes a fascinating journey into the heart of The Women's Kingdom to discover a society of powerful women whose future is on the brink of change." -- from the publisher's description. 1 videodisc (22 min.)

MEDIA 10-1145

 

WR-- mysteries of the organism 2007

Duesan Makavejev, Milena Draviac, Jagoda Kaloper, Ivica Vidoviac, Zoran Radmiloviac, Tuli Kupferberg, Neoplanta Film, Janus Films, Cinema 5, and Criterion Collection (Firm)

This documentary-fiction film begins as an investigation into the life and work of controversial psychologist and philosopher Wilhelm Reich and then explodes into a free-form narrative of a beautiful young Slavic girl's sexual liberation. Banned upon its release in the director's homeland, this art-house smash is both whimsical and bold in its blending of politics and sexuality. 1 videodisc (85 min.)

MEDIA 10-1506

 

The celluloid closet 1996

Jeffrey Friedman, Robert Epstein, Lily Tomlin, Armistead Maupin, Hugh M Hefner, James C Hormel, Steve Tisch, Vito Russo, Sharon Wood, Carter Burwell, and K. D Lang

Assembles footage from over 120 films showing the changing face of cinema homosexuality from cruel stereotypes to covert love to the activist triumphs of the 1990s. Many actors, writers and commentators provide anecdotes regarding the history of the role of gay men and lesbians on the silver screen, taking into account public attitudes, attitudes within the film industry, and official censorship. 1 videocassette (102 min.)

MEDIA 2-3924

 

Chinese foot binding the vanishing lotus 2004

Wing Chuen Fung, Joani Tang, Grant Thatcher, Discover China Production, Zhongguo dian ying he zuo zhi pian gong si, Beijing Taiga Film & TV Co. Ltd, Tsui Siu Ming Productions Ltd, and Filmakers Library, inc

Witnesses the experiences of Chinese women who willingly underwent years of suffering to contort their feet into an erotic symbol of beauty and eligibility, a pair of small feet -- three-inch golden lilies. Some of these women tell of the event that branded their lives, confronting the viewer with a custom that subjugated women to a brutal beauty myth. 1 videodisc (52 min.)

MEDIA 10-1680

 

Coming out under fire c2003

Arthur E Dong, Allan Baerubae, Deep Focus Productions, and Independent Television Service

Gay men and lesbians who were in the United States military service during World War II discuss their experiences with the response of the military establishment towards their sexual orientation. 1 videodisc (71 min.)

MEDIA 10-1320

 

David Halberstam's the fifties. Volume 4, A burning desire [videorecording]  1997

David Halberstam, Nancy Button, Alex Gibney, and Edward Herrmann

During this time of social claustrophobia and sexual taboos, a handful of individuals brought a world of suppressed desires into the open. The publication of the famed "Kinsey Report" in particular exposed widespread hypocrisy about sex. 1 videocassette (ca. 50 min.)

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Deborah Tannen in-depth 2000

Deborah Tannen

"...sit down with Deborah Tannen as she goes In-Depth, addressing key issues, implications, and criticisms about He said, she said, including: The nature/nuture question: are conversational styles born or made? Is gender the most important factor affecting conversational interaction?  Are these patterns cross-cultural?  What about power and dominance?  How are linguistic and psychological approaches different?"--Container. 1 videocassette (25 min.)

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Denmark 1902-1914 she! 1989

Noël Burch, Channel Four (Great Britain), and Facets Video (Firm)

Examines the psychological realism and innovative filmmaking techniques exhibited in early Danish silent films. Shows how the creativity of key figures in early Danish cinema and the feminism and liberal sexual attitudes in Denmark contributed to the sophistication found in these early films. 1 videocassette  (26 min.)

MEDIA 2-674

 

Erotikus a history of the gay movies 1986?

An extremely well produced, excellently written, and cleverly edited film history of gay movies from the earliest art-pose films, the films first seen in male movie houses, the gay movie as an art form, and finally the hardest of the hard-core. 1 videocassette (54 min.)

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Erotique 1997

Brandon Chase, Lizzie Borden, Christopher Wood, Vicky Herman, Susie Bright, Monika Treut, Michael Sombetzki, Ana Maria Magalhăes, Eloí Calage, Clara Law, Teddy Robin, Eddie L. C Fong, Clarice Lispector, Kamala Lopez, Bryan Cranston, Priscilla Barnes, Camilla Soeberg, Michael Carr, Claudia Ohana, Guilherme Leme, Tim Lounibos, and Hayley Man

An anthology of four erotic short films with a distinct female point of view. 1 videocassette (120 min.)

MEDIA 2-5064

 

The Experiments 1997

Philippa Lowthorpe, Dearblha Molloy, June Rose, Anna Massey, Rosalie Crutchley, Barbara Ewing, and Ken Bones

This program features two bizarre 19th century experiments in which women are the subjects. In the first, entries from the personal diary of Dr. James Barry are used to dramatize the female physician's lifelong masquerade as a man. The second story dramatizes the relationship between poet Arthur Munby and Hannah Cullwick. 1 videocasette (30 min.)

MEDIA 2-5306

 

Generation M misogyny in media & culture c2008

Thomas Keith, Vox Populi Productions, and Media Education Foundation

Thomas Keith, Professor of Philosophy at California State University, Long Beach, looks at misogyny and sexism in mainstream American media, exploring how negative definitions of femininity and attitudes toward women get constructed and perpetuated at the heart of popular culture. The film tracks the dynamics of misogyny across a broad range of media phenomena: including the hyper-sexualization of commercial products aimed at girls, the explosion of violence in video games aimed at boys, the language of hip-hop artists and talk radio shock jocks, and caricatures of femininity and feminism found in the American popular culture mainstream. The case is made that the devaluation of women based on gender can harm boys and men as well as women and girls. (Container). 1 videodisc (60 min.)

MEDIA 10-1425

 

A hidden life 2006

Rachel Dretzin Goodman, Muriel Soenens, Barak Goodman, Will Lyman, Ark Media (Firm), WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), and PBS Video

"On May 6, 2005, the residents of Spokane, Washington, awoke to one of the strangest headlines in the town's history: 'West Tied to Sex Abuse in '70s, Using Office to Lure Young Men.' The popular, socially conservative Republican mayor of Spokane, Jim West, had been outed by the town's newspaper The Spokesman-Review. The paper told the sordid story of a man with two lives: in public, he had once sponsored legislation forbidding gays from teaching in public schools, while in private, the paper alleged, he was trawling for young men online, using the trappings of his office to lure them into sexual relationships. But as bizarre as the revelations were, so too were the newspaper's methods. For months, a middle-aged 'forensic computer specialist' had posed as an 18-year-old boy online, engaging the mayor in a relationship that became more and more intimate, ultimately exploding on the front page of the newspaper. Frontline investigates the complex relationship between politics, sexuality, fear and judgment in one all-American town--Container. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA 2-5495

 

Holy Water-Gate abuse cover-up in the Catholic Church 2004

Mary Healey-Conlon, Special Broadcasting Service (Australia), CBC Newsworld, Radiotelevisione della Svizzera italiana, and Filmakers Library, inc

Holy Water-Gate explores the lengths to which sexual abuse has been obscured throughout the nation. It presents testimony from an admitted priest perpetrator, church officials and victims, as well as the story of Father John Bambrick who was himself molested by a priest as an adolescent and continues to seek justice for fellow victims. 1 videodisc (56 min.)

MEDIA 10-1880

 

The Illustrated handscroll tale of Genji 1993

Murasaki Shikibu, Tokio Suzuki, Tsuneo Fukada, Margaret Miller Kanada, and Beth Lischeron

Presents and describes the 12th century handscroll version of Genji monogartari (The tale of Genji), an 11th century Japanese novel which centers on the romantic relationships and adventures of the noble hero, Genji. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA 2-3239

 

Images of women in American society in the twentieth century 1941-1975

Robert Cummings, Lucille Ball, Mary Tyler Moore, Robert Young, Donna Reed, Diahann Carrol, Freeman F Gosden, Charles J Correll, and Ed Gardner

Deals with the stereotypical "traditional" images of women in American society, from the 1940's to the 1970's.  The same theme emerges in all of the television shows and commercials: women should be beautiful, good, and interested only in being subordinate to the needs of men and family.  These "standards" appear to apply to American women, regardless of race or social class. These film clips show how, despite the great progress that American women have made in this century, sexual steoreotypes still persist. 3 videocassettes (VHS) (260 min.)

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Kinsey 2005

Campbell Scott, Barak Goodman, Twin Cities Public Television (Saint Paul, Minn.), Ark Media (Firm), British Broadcasting Corporation, and Television Service

Through interviews with Alfred Kinsey's research assistants, his children, people who took his sex questionnaire, and historians, this documentary assesses Kinsey's remarkable achievements. 1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.)

MEDIA 10-440

 

Kinsey c2005

Bill Condon, Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Chris O'Donnell, Peter Sarsgaard, Timothy Hutton, Frederick Elmes, Carter Burwell, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Qwerty Films (Firm), Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc

Kinsey is a portrait of a man driven to uncover the most private secrets of the nation, and journey into the mystery of human behavior. His 1948 book Sexual Behavior in the Human Male irrevocably changed American culture and created a media sensation. 1 videodisc (118 min.)

MEDIA 10-730

 

The life and times of Sara Baartman "The Hottentot Venus" 1998

Zola Maseko, Philip Brooks, Harriet Gavshon, Phillip V Tobias, François-Xavier Fauvelle, Yvette Abrahams, Steve Martin, and Brian Daubney

A documentary film on the life of a Khoi Khoi woman who was taken from South Africa in 1810 and exhibited as a freak across Britain. The image and ideas for "The Hottentot Venus" (particularly the interest in her sexual anatomy) swept through British popular culture. A court battle waged by abolitionists to free her from her exhibitors failed. In 1814, a year before her death, she was taken to France and became the object of scientific research that formed the bedrock of European ideas about black female sexuality. 1 videocassette (52 min.)

MEDIA 2-5019

 

Love 2003

Tracey Moffatt, Gary Hillberg, and Women Make Movies (Firm)

Clips, from chaste black-and-white Hollywood classics to more full-flooded fare from the '60s and '70s, showing women's love, lust, longing and revenge. 1 videocassette (21 min.)

MEDIA 2-7812

 

Maedchen in uniform 1987

Christa Winsloe, Leontine Sagan, Hertha Thiele, and Dorothea Wieck

Living in the prison-like confines of a Nazi boarding school, a young  girl finds herself choked by the institution's strict regimentation and rigid discipline. Under the unbending rule of a matriarchal staff, she falls in love with the school's only caring teacher. When the principal finds out about the affair, her harsh punishment drives the girl to the brink of suicide. 1 videocassette (VHS) (89 min.)

MEDIA 2-347

 

A marriage 1997

Julia Ford, Sophie Thursfield, Beth Tuckey , Susan Lee Hayward, David Bacon, Philippa Lowthorpe, and Dearbhla Molloy

In 1920, British historians broke the code in Anne Lister's journal, to discover the first pre-twentieth century written account of a sexual relationship between women. This dramatization, tells the story of her relationship with a local married woman, with whom Anne, too, considered herself married. 1 videocassette (30 min.)

MEDIA 2-5305

 

Our bodies, our minds 2001

Rebecca M Alvin, Cinema Guild, and Belly Girl Films

The seven women in this film represent an encouraging subsection of the feminist movement, known as sex-positive feminists.  These feminists stress tolerance of sexual diversity, freedom to express one's sexuality and identity, the rights of sex workers, and the importance of making sex-related information available. 1 videocassette (67 min.)

MEDIA 2-6651

 

The perfumed garden 2000

Yamina Benguigui, Alain Wieder, Philippe Dupuis-Mendel, Naima Alaoui, Mohamed Lasly, Sept/Arte (Firm), Dominant 7 (Firm), Bandits Longs (Firm), and First Run/Icarus Films

Through interviews with men and women of all ages and classes this film explores the myths and realities of sensuality and sexuality in Arab society, a world of taboos, of erotic literature and films. 1 videocassette (56 min.)

MEDIA 2-6332

 

Rites 1991

Penny Dedman and Debra Michaels

This program explores the custom of female circumcision which has been commonplace throughout history and is still practiced in many cultures. It discusses the efforts of women throughout the world to stop the practice. 1 videocassette (52 min.)

MEDIA 2-2591

 

Sex in a cold climate 2003

Stephen Humphries, Dorvia Kirwan, Testimony Films, Channel Four (Great Britain), and Cinema Guild

This film follows the stories of four young women, detained between the 1940s and the 1960s, in Magdalen Asylums, run by corrupt and sadistic Catholic nuns in Ireland. The purpose of the asylums was to correct the supposed sexual deviance of young women. 1 videocassette (50 min.)

MEDIA 2-6504

 

Sexual orientation issues in the U.S.A  1993

Tony Labriola, J. Q Adams, Vernon Huls, Jovita Baber, Robert Schwitz, and Allan Shore

Part one talks about homosexuality, the difficulties of gays and lesbians in establishing open relationships, homophobia, and violence against homosexuals. Part two discusses the experiences of individuals who were denied equality because of their sexual preference and specifically "The Forgotten Boy Scouts," an organization of individuals expelled from scouting because of their sexual orientation. 2 videocassette (120 min.)

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Sexual stereotypes in media superman and the bride 2004

Gavin Richards, Stephanie Turner, Charlie Stafford, Julie Covington, Jayne Meadows, Thames Television, ltd, and Films for the Humanities (Firm)

This program explores the history of sexual stereotypes as presented in the media.  Film clips, television advertisements and sitcoms, and so-called documentaries from the 1940s, 50s, and 60s show men as domineering masters, and women as their doting subordinates.  As a classroom teaching tool, the program encourages discussions regarding the media's continuing role in reinforcing sexual stereotypes, as well as the ongoing sexual biases that nurture them. 1 videodisc (35 min.)

MEDIA 10-256

 

Sexuality in Mesoamerica machismo and marianismo : a video documentary c1996

Alfonso Moises, Martha Moises, University of Arizona, Media Arts, and Cinema Guild

A study of the concept of sexuality in Mexico and Central America. Focus is on the cultural archetypes of machismo and marianismo, orientations which have defined social conduct and sexual orientation throughout Latin America. 1 videocassette (33 min.)

MEDIA 2-7624

 

She drank, she swore, she courted girls --she even chewed tobacco : passing women in 19th century America 1983

Liz Stevens, Estelle B Freedman, and Allan Bérubé

Uses archival photographs and original artwork, with voiceover narrative, to illustrate the history of women who "passed" as men in mid-to-late 19th and early 20th century America. They passed for a variety of reasons, including sexual orientation, "men's wages", and political opportunities. 1 videocassette (33 min.)

MEDIA 2-5276

 

Simone de Beauvoir 1989

Josée Dayan, Malka Robowska, and Simone de Beauvoir

A unique opportunity to get to know de Beauvoir as she speaks candidly about her relatioship with Sartre, her friendship with Camus, the evolution of her political views, her sympathy with the student revolution of 1968, as well as her views on feminism, abortion, sexual fidelity, aging, and death. 1 videocassette (110 min.)

MEDIA 2-843

 

Where the heart roams 1987, 1994

Paul George Csicsery

Meet Barbara Cartland, Janet Dailey, Jude Deveraux, Rebecca Brandewyne and more in this look into the world of romance writers and their fans.  Authors and editors debate about sexual content of romantic novels, types of characters, and even how to write about kissing. 1 videocassette (81 min.)

MEDIA 2-3386

 

Will we ever learn? 1992

Aviva Ziegler, Janet Bell, and Norman Swan 

The final part of a four part series investigating the relationship between history, destiny and disease. Part 4 draws together ideas from the series to show that we do not easily learn from history or the available information around us.  Examines similarities between the current AIDS outbreak and a Syphilis outbreak in the 16th century.  Also looks at killers such as tobacco, excess salt and fat and concludes that many diseases could be eradicated if we had the will. 1 videocassette (52 min.)

MEDIA 2-2865

 

The women's kingdom 2006

Xiaoli Zhou, Brent E Huffman, German Camera Productions, and Women Make Movies (Firm)

"Keepers of the last matriarchal societies in the world, Mosuo women in a remote area of southwest China live beyond the strictures of mainstream Chinese culture -- enjoying great freedoms and carrying heavy responsibilities. Filmmaker Xiaoli Zhou takes a fascinating journey into the heart of The Women's Kingdom to discover a society of powerful women whose future is on the brink of change." -- from the publisher's description. 1 videodisc (22 min.)

MEDIA 10-1145